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GARMENT Filed Nov. '25, 1944 2 Sheets-Sheet l l m PH HA N516 r-i May 29, 1945- w H. HANEs 2,377,004

GARMENT FledANOv. 25, 1944 2 Shee'cS-Shexet 2 Patented May 29, 1945 NT OFFICE GARMENT Pleasant H. Hanes, Winston-Salem, N. C., as-

sgnor to I.v H. Hanes Knitting Company, Winston-Salem, N. C., a corporation of North Carolina Application November 25, 1944, Serial No. 565,086

6 Claims.

This invention relates to garments and more particularly to combinationv body garments including a shirt part and a crotch or pants part.

In my co-pending application, Serial No. 496,319 filed July 27, 1943, now Patent No. 2,363,959 granted November 28, 1944, there is disclosed and claimed a garment of the class referred to which is formed Ias a unit including a shirt part and a short pants part, the latter comprising a flap extending from the back and bot tom of the shirt part and being adapted to pass through the wearer-s crotch for detachable connection to the shirt part in the waist region. The pants part or ap is sized so as to cover the .wearers buttocks and to t similarly to so-called briefs.

An object of the present invention is to provide an improved garment of the general class of the garment disclosed in the co-pending application in which the flap is shaped and constructed in a novel manner to provide greater comfort, better conformation an t, and more convenience.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment of the character stated equipped with a new and improved arrangement of means or devices for connecting the ap front portion to the lower portion of the shirt front.

A further object of the invention is to provide a garment of the kind referred to in which the ap is formed of two panels connected together in zones spaced from each other longitudinally of the flap but which have theirintervening longitudinal edges free of connection to each other, whereby the panels can be separated or pulled sidewise and an opening through the ap thus provided without unfastening the flap from the shirt part front. Other objects will become apparent from a reading of the following detailed description, the appended claims, vand the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a garment embodying the invention applied to a wearer;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the garment shown in Figure 1, also shown as applied to a wearer;

Figure 3 is a pla'n View of the improved garment shown as lying out flat with a flap detached from the shirt front part and spread out in the same plane as the shirt part;

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View looking in the same direction as in Figure 3 but with parts broken away and with the flap shown as connected to the shirt front part;

Figure 5 isa section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4; and lFigure 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Figure 3.

The illustrative embodiment of the invention shown inthe accompanying drawings includes a generally cylindrically shaped body orshirt part A and a short pants part B both formed of knitted material which preferably is resilient or stretchable transversely of the longitudinal center line of the garment.

The shirt part A is formed similarly to a conventional sleeveless knit athletic undershirt having arm openings l--|, a neck opening/2, and a waist region 3.

The short pants part. Bcomprises a flap 4 the rear part 5 of which extends transversely substantially the full width of the shirt part and extends longitudinally from the lower back portion of the shirt part A.

When the ilap is laid out as shown in Figure 3, its side edges 6-6 converge from the wide ap part 5 adjacent the shirt part A inwardly toward each other to a crotch zone of minimum Width at l, then diverge or widen to an intermediate zone 8 of maximumv width in a flap front part 9, and then converge or again narrow to the free end I0 of the front part 9. The flap side edges 6 and free end l0 are reenforced, preferably with a binding formed of resilient knit material, and the lower edge Il ofthe shirt front is similarly reenforced by a binding which contnues as at I2 in the reenforcements kalong the flap edges 6.

In use, the garment is pulled on over the wearers head, shoulders, and trunk, and the ap 4 is extended forwardly through the crotch and up in front of the abdomen for attachment to the shirt part front in the waist region. kThe shirt front is reenforced in the waist region in a manner to support the Aap front evenly and to thereby maintain the wholegarment smoothly tted to the wearer, the reenforcement being so arranged and related to other parts of the garment as not to interfere with transverse yielding 0r stretching of the front of the shirt part A when the garment is being put on. In the illustrative embodiment, the shirt waist region reenforcing means comprises a non-resilient or nonyielding strip, for example a woven tape I3 which is stitched across substantially the full width of and on the inside of the waist region 3, the ends of the lstrip being turned downas` shown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive so as to meet the reenforce' strip I3.

ments along the edges 6 of the flap 4, preferably at I2.

In accordance with the invention the flap 4 is formed in its front portion 9 to provide for better fit, more comfort, and convenient access. To this end the front part 9 comprises two mutually superposed panels 9a and 9b which are joined to each other along lines |4--l5 crossing the longitudinal center line of the flap 4 and spaced from each other longitudinally of the center line (See Figure 3). The side or longitudinal edge portions of the panels 9a and 9b are free fro-m connection to each other and consequently the panels can be pulled sidewise when desired to provide an opening substantially in the middle of the flap front portion 9 without unfastening the latter from theshirt part A.

Means are provided for detachably fastening the flap front part 9 in the position shown in Figures 1, 2 and 3. Two upper fasteners Iii- I6 are secured to the shirt part front on opposite sides of the longitudinal center line of the flap 4, and preferably are attached to the reenforcing Cooperating fasteners I'I--I'l secured to the free edge i of the flap 4 where the panels 9 and 9b are joined are adapted to be attached to the fasteners lli-I6. Below the fasteners ifi-I6 lower fastening devices |8-I8 are secured to the reenforced edge Il of the shirt part front respectively on opposite sides of the center line of the flap part 4 and spaced more widely thereiro-m than the fasteners Iii-I6. Fastening devices |9|9 adapted to cooperate with the fastening devices lli-I8 are secured respectively to the reenforced edges of the panels Sia-9b at the zone 8 of maximum width of the flap front part S. One device I9 is attached to a longitudinal edge portion of the panel 9a which extends laterally beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge of the panel 9b. The other device I9 is attached to the opposite longitudinal edge portion of the panel 9b which extends laterally beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge of the panel 9%.

The shape of the flap 4 with its widey rear top part 5, narrow crotch portion l, and front por- .i

tion 9 widened at 8 and then narrowed at Ill provides for ample coverage of the legs, buttocks, and groin with a smooth t and with consequent comfort. The forming of the front portion 9 of the two flaps 9a and 9b, which have their side edges free from connection to each other, enables an opening to be provided easily by merely pulling the panels laterally in opposite directions, it being unnecessary to release any of the fasteners.

The extreme ends of the panel side edges may be stitched together in the regions 202| (see Figure 3) which assists in maintaining the panels normally in overlapping relationship. However' the flap front portion 9 between the stitched regions 2B and 2| is composed of panels having side edge portions free from Iconnection to each other, which enables the panels to be drawn laterally to provide an opening as previously explained.

l The garment shown embodies the invention in the form now preferred but it will be understood that changes may be made without departing from the invention as defined in the claims.

I claim:

1. A garment of the character described comprising a generally cylindrically shaped body portion; and a flap extending from the lower rear end of said body portion and being wide adjacent said body portion, and narrowing towards its opposite end to provide a crotch portion, and

a front portion adapted to overlap and be connected to the lower front part of said body portion, said front portion including two superposed panels joined to ea'ch other along lines which cross the longitudinal center line of said nap and are spaced from each other along said center line, each of said panels having longitudinal edge portions between said lines free from connection to the other of said panels; and means for fastening said flap front portion to said body lower front portion.

2. A garment of the character described comprising a generally cylindrically shaped body portion; and a flap extending from the lower reai` end of said body portion and being wide adjacent said body portion, and narrowing towards its opposite end to provide a crotch portion, and a front portion adapted to overlap and be connected to the lower front part o'f said body portion, said front portion including two superposed panels joined to each other along lines which cross the longitudinal center line of said flap and are spaced from each other along said center line, each of said panels having longitudinal edge portions between said lines free from connection to the other of said panels; upper fastening means on said body portion front above the bottom edge thereof; cooperating fastening means on said opposite end of said ap where said panels are joined; two lower fastening devices on said body portion front below said upper fastening means and located respectively on opposite sides of said flap longitudinal center line; and two cooperating fastening devices, one on a free longitudinal edge portion of one of said panels and the other4 on the opposite longitudinal edge of the other of said panels.

3. A garment of the character described com prising a generally cylindrically shaped body portion; and a flap extending from the lower rear end of said body portion and being wide adjacent said body portion, and narrowing towards its opposite end to provide a crotch portion, and a front portion adapted to overlapand be connected tothe lower front part of said body portion, said front portion including two superposed panels joined to each other along lines which cross the longitudinal center line of said flap and are spaced from each other along said center line, each of said panels having longitudinal edge portions between said lines free from connection to the other of said panels, one of the longitudinal edge portions ofreach of said panels being extended laterally beyond the adjacent longitudinal edge portion of each other of said panels; upper fastening means on said body portion front above the bottom edge thereof; cooperating fastening means on said opposite end of said fiap where said panels are joined; two lower fastening devices on said body portion front below said upper fastening means and located respectively on opposite sides of said flap longitudinal center line; and two cooperating fastening devices respectively on said laterally extended panel edge portions.

4. A garment of the character described comprising a generally cylindrically shaped body portion; and a ilap extending from the lower rear end of said body portion and being wide adjacent said body portion, and narrowing towards its opposite end to provide a crotch por tion, and a front portion adapted to overlap and which cross the longitudinal center line of said flap and arespaced from each other along said center line, each of` said panels having longitudinal edge portions between said lines free from connection to the other of said panels; upper fastening means on said body portion front above the bottom edge thereof; cooperating fastening means on said opposite end of said flap Where said panels are joined; two lower fastening devices on said body portion front below said upper fastening means and being spaced from each other and respectively on opposite sides of said flap longitudinal center line and further therefrom than said upper fastening means; and two cooperating fastening devices, one on a free longitudinal edge portion of one of said panels and the other on the opposite longitudinal edge of the other of said panels.

5. In a one-piece garment of the character described, a resilient knitted shirt part; a resilient knitted short pants part comprising a flap including a rear buttocks-covering portion and a `crotch and front portion, said front portion comprising two superposed panels joined to each other along lines which cross the longitudinal center line of slaidfiap and are spaced from each other along said center line, each of said panels having longitudinal edge portions between said lines free from connection to the other of said panels; a non-resilient strip secured to the shirt front in the waist region and extending transversely across the shirt front with its ends terminating respectively at the side extremities' of the garment, said strip being secured to said shirt part along an arc with its central part being highest and at the middle of the shirt part front whereby said shirt part front can be stretched transversely when the garment is being put on; upper fastening means on said non-resilient strip; cooperating fastening means on the free end of said ap front portion where said panels are joined; two lower fastening devices on said shirt front part below said upper fastening means and located respectively on opposite sides of said longitudinal center line; two cooperating fastening devices, one on a free longitudinal edge portion of one of said panels and the other on the opposite longitudinal edge of the other of said panels; and reenforcing means extending along the side edges which form leg openings and the front edge of said ilap, said strip joining with said flap edge reenforcing means thus forming a continuous support or reenforcement for the bottom of the garment for preventing its being stretched out of shape. v

6. A one-piece garment of the character de scribed comprising a resilient knitted shirt part and a resilient knitted short pants part comprising a nap including a buttocks-covering portion and a crotch and front portion, said buttockscovering portion extending from the bottom of the back of said shirt part where said buttockscovering portion is substantially as wide as said shirt portion, and narrowing towards said crotch portion which is much less wide than said shirt part, said flap widening again in the intermediate part of said front portion and then again narrowing at the free end of said front portion, said flap front portion including two superposed panels joined to each other along lines which cross the longitudinal centerline of. said flap and are spaced along said center line, each of said panels having longitudinal edge portions between said Ilines free from connection to the other of said panels; upper fastening means on said shirt part front above the bottom edge thereof; cooperating fastening means on the narrow free end of said flap front portion; two lower fastening devices on said shirt art front below said upper fastening means and respectively on opposite sides of said flap longitudinal center line; and two cooperating fastening devices at the widened intermediate part of said front portion, one on a free longitudinal edge of one of said panels and the other on the opposite longitudinal edge of the other of said panels.

PLEASANT H. HANES. 

